Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

2 papers found

• 1977· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 1
  Clements, G.; and Milstein, S. L. Auditory thresholds in advanced participants in the Transcendental Meditation Program. Department of Experimental Psychology, Maharishi European Research University, Switzerland, and Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Université du Québec, Montréal-Gamelin, Québec, Canada, 1977.

  Unusually acute hearing was found in participants in the TM sidhi program. Further increases in sensitivity of hearing were found immediately following performance of the sidhi to enhance hearing ability to its full potential.

  • Perceptual Acuity: More Sensitive Auditory Thresholds through TM-Sidhi program
  • Perceptual Acuity: Improved Auditory Thresholds through TM-Sidhi program
• 1990· Journal of Psychosomatic Research· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Mills, P.J.; Schneider, R.H.; Hill, D.; Walton, K.G.; and Wallace, R.K. beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity in subjects practicing Transcendental Meditation. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 34: 29–33, 1990.

  This study found that those who practice the Transcendental Meditation technique show reduced sensitivity to stress hormones.

  • Biochemical: Reduced Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Sensitivity